Learn how utility functions derive demand functions and their role in maximizing consumer satisfaction and economic decision making.

The AI-data center boom is putting strong upward pressure on utility prices in Ohio. Even so, disconnections are down, according to the state’s consumer representative. That’s because other factors ...

This article has been updated with additional comment from the Public Utility Commission of Texas. NBC 5 Responds to a consumer fighting a more than $500 electric bill, he says, doesn’t belong to him.

Electricity shut offs soared 80% in Maryland last year, according to a utility watchdog group that says terminations of consumers’ electric and gas service for nonpayment has turned into a national ...

The PUC giveth and the PUC can taketh away. Following a hefty, and welcome, rate reduction last December that cut natural gas prices for residential customers of UGI Utilities Inc. by 20%, the utility ...

Learn how economists measure utility using cardinal and ordinal approaches to understand consumer choices and maximize satisfaction from products and services.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A state-funded independent advocacy group designed to represent consumers in utility rate disputes is closer to becoming a reality in New York. Despite previous vetoes by two ...

The utility's new request to raise rates $240 million would increase average residential bills by some 8% if granted, going ...

HOUSTON — Additional funds are now available for Texans who need help paying their utility bills. Texas Utility Help received an additional $48 million in federal money to help support those who need ...